snac

Updating Mastodon: 20 minutes
Updating snac2: 2 minutes

#fediverse #mastodon #snac #snac2 #activitypub

Fortunately, @voron 's site on snac themes still has this screenshot, which I'm happy to share.

This response from the author of snac motivated me to continue, study, and appreciate this fantastic software for the Fediverse.
Snac is an example of true internet democracy: it runs everywhere and allows anyone to have their own autonomous, personal space in the Fediverse.

"Don't despair or quit", says an author who cares. And the Fediverse cares about them.

For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I want to thank grunfink - @grunfink - for the excellent work they do, quietly and with passion. I suggest that if you think snac is a good idea and you have the means, you offer them at least a coffee.

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

#snac #snac2 #Fediverse #OwnYourData

I think I got it working now after remaking it lol
https://snac.9front.club/thedaemon
#snac2 #snac #FreeBSD

I'm currently back in Barcelona for the Ombra Festival (the opening night was last night) and have been AFK a LOT as a result!

I won't be back in the USA until next week, and did not travel with any laptops, so it's not that I'm ignoring that there is a new version of snac, but I won't be able to do much about it for the time being.

I created the following Trac issue for myself and if any other MacPorts' users or developers may be wondering what's up:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/73294

#snac #MacPorts #OmbraFestival #BCN #ImNotLazyImJustConstrainedBeyondMostOthersComprehension

I've just published version 2.85 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

Quoted posts are now shown.

Added metadata to remote users in the people page (contributed by dandelions).

Fixed memory leak (contributed by dandelions).

Fixed user matching (contributed by rakoo).

Rendering visibility conditionally, with lesser reach if needed (contributed by byte).

Added a button next to a follow notification to follow back.

Fixed typo in man page (contributed by spky).

Updated Czech and German translations (contributed by pmjv and zen).

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

Huh, looks like #GoToSocial is a nice alternative to Mastodon, and sits somewhere in between Mastodon and #Snac2 in terms of resource usage. I feel like I should try it. Do I have enough time? No. But still I want to try it. Even has official FreeBSD support. Has anyone migrated from #Snac to GTS?

#TooManyHobbiesTooLittleTime

@stesnac Hello from Canada,

I am grateful for all the work you put into your BSD cafe community.

As an outside observer,

your example and public decisions have answered much of my fediverse questions, except this one :

Were you to start your BSD Cafe community today, and decided to choose only one fediverse program to run,

Do you think SNAC would be enough to satisfy your community members, instead of using Mastodon ?

That's my question.

Here's some extra context :

I don't want to run Mastodon as it seems the technical aspects are beyond my abilities.

I have learning-curve fatigue the more I looked into setting up and then maintaining Mastodon.

I'm still considering Friendica, simply because I can turn RSS feeds into fediverse usernames, which appear in the Local Friendica timeline.

Take away my RSS requirement,

Then SNAC seems like it's enough.

| #SNAC #BSDCafe

Really enjoying running #snac on a low end server so far. Thanks a lot @grunfink for this great piece of software!

I would even host it at home, but it seems like huge parts of the Fediverse are IPv4-only, and #ActivityPub behind Dual-Stack Lite doesn't sound like fun.

As announced, I also completed the Western #Frisian translation for #snac #snac2 and sent a PR for it. My Dutch PR was merged already \o/.

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/pulls/452

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.75 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

Added support for scheduled posts (for this to work correctly, users will have to set their time zone, see below).

The user can now select a working time zone. This will be used to correctly parse the local date and time of a scheduled post.

Fixed incorrect poll vote format, which was causing problems in platforms like GotoSocial.

Mastodon API: added support for /api/v1/instance/peers.

Added a new snac-admin helper script (contributed by shtrophic).

In the web UI, posts are separated by the <hr hidden> tag; it's invisible in graphical browsers, but it separates post clearly in text-based browsers.

Some Finnish, Spanish, Czech and Russian translation updates and fixes.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces

This release has been inspired by the song Pictures on the Wall by #MichelleGurevich.

latest #Fedicat supports scheduling posts in the latest #Snac

Hello #Fediverse! Let's see if the mentions work as expected by acknowledging some people that helped me get online:

Thanks @grunfink for the #snac server, @stefano for the blog posts that pointed me to it, @voron for the theme and @manton for motivating me with your book

This is not the manual; man pages snac(1) (user manual), snac(5) (formats) and snac(8) (administrator manual) are what you are looking for.

—https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

THIS
IS
THE
WAY
!!!

#ThisIsTheWay #SomeoneGetsIt #Documentation #snac

Ooo, I forgot who recommended me trying #Elk with #snac, but it works super well. Very noice. :D

Oooo, #Tuba is nice, and works nicely with #snac.

Well, ok. It looks like a phone app, has no title bar, and the scrollbars are typical horrible phone-style scrollbars, but it works.

#Tokodon just gave me a server error trying to authenticate to snac. :/

Submitted a bug report for #snac support on #Tokodon, just FYI:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513147

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.81 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

If the propagate_local_purge configuration variable is set to true in server.json, purged local posts generate a Delete activity that is sent everywhere, instead of only deleted from the filesystem.

Included a small tweak to avoid being confused by implementations that return valid webfinger queries for non-account URLs (like i.e. the Wordpress ActivityPub plugin in some configurations). This helps in searching by URL.

Added Ukrainian translation (contributed by wincentbalin).

New command-line option muted, to list all MUTEd actors.

Mastodon API: Fixed metadata and follower approval flag when editing the account.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

I've just updated my #Snac instance to version 2.81 👍 🎉
You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
A simple, minimalistic and well documented #ActivityPub instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

Hi, @andy . I think I haven't talked about Susie , #snac 's default icon, before.

When I started developing snac, I realized I needed a default icon to show for those accounts that lacked an avatar, similar to the outlined elephant Mastodon has. Given the minimalistic nature of the software, I thought that having a heavily-pixelated one, even 8-bit-like, was a perfect match.

So, I started designing one, inspired by singer/composer Siouxsie Sioux, whom I'm a big fan of. I've done some pixelart before, but was not totally satisfied, so I asked a friend with more artistic skills, who did some tweaks, and I was finally happy with it.

Also, it's said that all cool software must have some easter eggs; so, Susie looks somewhat different sometimes, and once a year, in a special day, she looks very different. Easter eggs are like jokes and if you explain them they lose their power, so I'm leaving it here.

Started the first iteration of #snac (#snac2) customizing to match #manpageblog. It took a bite more time than initially expected but @grunfink indeed made some great and clever ideas when creating snac. The function for attributes and tags in his C functions are a great idea and simplify it. I guess, I simply had added them statically... However, a preview is available right here (as said, still not perfect, more to be done soon):

http://gyptazy.com/fedi/gyptazy/

#mastodon #alternatives #fediverse #activitypub #customizing

Fixed my fedi_slurp scripts & documentation to work with #GotoSocial in addition to #snac (in theory it should work with plain old mastodon but I never tested)
https://code.lema.org/santiago/fedi_slurp

This goes through your fediverse bookmarks and adds them to your readeck instance or youtube watch list automatically. New release handles having several fediverse accounts (but only saved to one readeck instance / youtube watchlist).

I've just published version 2.82 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

The language in which a post is written can now be set from the UI; you must configure the list of languages you usually post in in the User Settings.

Added support for bullet points in posts (lines starting with an asterisk or a hyphen, plus a space).

Added Dutch (nl_NL) translation (contributed by martijndeb).

Added Western Frisian (fy_NL) translation (contributed by martijndeb).

Mastodon API: Fixed repeated entries in timelines.

Added nodeinfo 2.1 support.

Fixed boosts from the command line not showing in the public timeline (contributed by xvello).

Updated several language files (contributed by zen and daltux).

Retrieving a post's replies is now possible via ActivityPub.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

A new version of snac has been released

Feast yourself on these fantastic features

#Programming #Snac #Activity #Pub #ActivityPub #OpenSource

https://comam.es/snac/grunfink/p/1756800370.550287

While I love the #BloomScrolling and #CatsOfFediverse / #CatsOfMastodon tags, they are too high-traffic for my linking. I set up a gaggle of robots at https://digest.xvello.net that each boost one post at random every hour. This allows me to get a taste of these tags without overwhelming my timeline.

For #BloomScrolling: @BloomScrolling1, @BloomScrolling2, @BloomScrolling3 and @BloomScrolling4 each boost one post every hour, 15 minutes appart. You can follow one or several, to adjust how much flaura you want to see.
For #CatsOfFediverse and sibling tags: @CatsOfFediverse1, @CatsOfFediverse2, @CatsOfFediverse3 and @CatsOfFediverse4 run a similar schedule.

The posts are sourced from #FediBuzz, filtered by a simple daemon that ensures that alt-text is present and filters out sensitive contents. The bots are hosted on a #snac instance.

I'd love your feedback on it, and suggestion of tags to add next.

I am enjoying this snac2 instance. It's always nice to start out with a "clean" feed where I'm only following a few accounts and not 2k.

#snac #snac2 #fediverse